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THERE MAY SOON BE ONE MORE NAME TO ADD TO THE GROWING LIST OF CANDIDATES SEEKING TO FILL BOB CORKER’S SENATE SEAT NEXT YEAR. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, FORMER TENNESSEE GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN RECENTLY CONFIRMED TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT HE IS INTERESTED IN THE RACE BUT STOPPED SHORT OF ANNOUNCING A CAMPAIGN. BREDESEN, A DEMOCRAT WHO SERVED AS THE STATE’S 48TH GOVERNOR FROM 2003 TO 2011, INDICATED THAT HE IS GOING TO RESEARCH A POSSIBLE RUN, TALK WITH PEOPLE, AND MAKE A DECISION QUICKLY. IF BREDESEN ENTERS THE RACE, HE’LL JOIN NASHVILLE ATTORNEY JAMES MECKLER ON THE DEMOCRAT TICKET AND REPUBLICAN MARSHA BLACKBURN VYING FOR CORKER’S SENATE SEAT IN 2018.

Gretchen Marston Storey

Updated: October 08, 2017

GRETCHEN MARSTON STOREY, 83 OF GEORGIA, DIED THURSDAY. SHE WAS A NATIVE OF LAWRENCE COUNTY AND A RETIRED ACCOUNTING MANAGER.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS: BETH ALEXANDER AND LYNN HUTCHISON, BOTH OF GEORGIA; TWO SISTERS: MARY FRANCES MARSTON AND ELIZABETH BLANKENSHIP; THREE BROTHERS: HOWARD, RAYMOND, AND LAURENCE MARSTON; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN.

THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR GRETCHEN MARSTON STOREY WILL BE TODAY AT 2 AT NEAL FUNERAL HOME WITH BURIAL IN FREEMON CEMETERY. VISITATION WILL BE TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL 2. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO SAINT JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL.